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hazel

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Car that Runs on Air
« on: May 19, 2008, 06:23:48 PM »

         

ne of the most significant problems of modern times is ecology problem. Each and every car, that is running on fossil fuels is harming our planet and make the ecology situation even worse. However, that is not all. Energy problem, which is based on fact that our oil resources are limited, is threatening us more every year. Oil prices jump sky-high and there is no reason for them to be reduced. Alternative fuel is a much-anticipated invention, but unfortunately, other alternative fuel projects were very ineffective. Nevertheless, one of them looks very promising. According to that project, possible fuel of the future will be... compressed air!

It sounds fantastic, isn’t it? Is it possible for a machine to be powered by air? Yes, it is. Of course not just simple air that you are breathing now - it must be compressed to be useful. Compressed air under high pressure pushes engines pistons, and when used, returns to atmosphere absolutely clean. The tank is enough for 200 kilometers, and the max speed is amazing - 110 kilometers per hour!

This car is not only ecological pure, it can save you a lot of money on fuel! One full refueling costs about 1.5 Euros, which is roughly equals to 2 liters of usual gas! If an average car needs 8-10 liters of gas on 100 km, taking price on gas as 1 euro per liter, it means 16-20 Euros for 200 km, 10 times more expensive than this air machine! Refueling will be simple - few minutes with an air compressor attached, and you are ready to go another 200 km.

Its inventor, former Formula 1 engineer, worked for a decade and a half on this marvelous project. It is a product of hard work, and he hopes that his project will not be unnoticed. Several Indian companies are already interested in this concept, and first public available cars will appear later this year. The cost is very affordable - 3500 Euros for the cheapest model. Manufacturers are planning to release this amazing environment-saving car in Europe and India. Hope this is not the last step for environment saving technologies, and we will see more.

               

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hazel

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AirCar - Runs on Compressed Air
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 06:24:17 PM »
         
         

After that apocalyptic scenarios related to the global warming began to interest scientists, the authorities and not in the last place producers of polluting technologies, already begin to appear results of exploration in the field of energy economy and some other ecological technologies. In June 2007 Popular Mechanics announced that India, specifically Tata Motors, had begun production of the first car moved by air. This year, Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) announces that production of the similar model, destined for USA market is expecting to begin till the end of 2009, or at least 2010.

They have also tried to find some other solutions in nonpolluting propulsion domain. For example Daewoo a South-Korean company, created a Matiz concept with a hybrid engine: air – electric. Australian company EngineAir also developed a “rotative engine” moved by pressed air. K'Airmobiles presented two working concepts „VPA” (Vehicle with Pneumatic Assistance) and “VPP” (Vehicle with Pneumatic Propulsion) in the end of the last year; maximum weight of such a model being limited by 250 kg.

Propulsion technology of the engine of the AirCar was developed by the former Formula 1 engineer Guy Nègre for MDI (Motor Development International) from Luxemburg. While in the internal-combustion engines pistons are moved be the explosion of the fuel, then in an AirCar the moving is realized by air under pressure.

ZPM hope that soon the production of AirCars will be more than 10000 units annually. Models that will be launched will be OneCat, with two seats (as was produced in India) and MiniCat, with three seats. The company is also intending to launch a model called CityCat with six seats.

One refueling with 340 l of air under pressure will cost approximately 2 USD and will assure autonomy for more than 1000 km at the speed 100 km/h. The price for such a car is estimating to be 17800 USD.

It sounds too good to be true? We hope that not.

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